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Unlike my last car (2003 Jetta) the Bolt has no physical keys, just a fob. Not sure whether the fob has a battery or is just an RFI. If it fails and you are in the wilderness, what's up with that?
Thanks, haven't read the manual cover to cover yet. Like a secret handshake. Photo below. So does the Bolt then recognize the fob through RFI if the fob's battery is dead?there is a hidden key in the fob, see manual, it comes out of the silver part, when you press a small button on the side of the fob. then the key goes into a small hole under the door handles.
As mentioned, the fob includes a physical key that can be used to unlock the door. To start the car when your key fob's battery is dead you place the fob in a special location underneath the center console as described on page 38 of the owner's manual. There's a reader down there that can query the passive transponder in the key fob to verify that it's authorized to start the car.Unlike my last car (2003 Jetta) the Bolt has no physical keys, just a fob. Not sure whether the fob has a battery or is just an RFI. If it fails and you are in the wilderness, what's up with that?![]()
OK, I guess I have to read the manual cover to cover. Glad to know I won't be stranded in the forest with a dead fob.As mentioned, the fob includes a physical key that can be used to unlock the door. To start the car when your key fob's battery is dead you place the fob in a special location underneath the center console as described on page 38 of the owner's manual. There's a reader down there that can query the passive transponder in the key fob to verify that it's authorized to start the car.
Has anyone gotten this to work? I've read the instructions in the user manual but I still don't understand how it's supposed to work.As mentioned, the fob includes a physical key that can be used to unlock the door.
I'm sure thieves do know about the caps, but you still need the key to unlock the door, so the Bolt is no more, or no less secure than any other car with a lock cylinder locking the door. If they really want your car they will have it. If they want the things in your car, they can always break a window and have it. All we can do is not make it easy for them.Makes me wonder if most car thieves know how to pop off the cap to get at the key hole. Btu good suggestion to leave the fob in the Bolt for water activities.